Given the forum activity it might be a given but I'm gonna be bold now and say that at least part of the staff on this forum isn't even dedicated to this forum (anymore). Every few days I check, I see little more than 2 people online at a time and the subforums also don't see a lot of activity. I doubt any employer would hire fulltime workers for this little activity.
The days of the game are simply done and people should come to terms with that after so many years of scarce content and information. Forum staff can't do squat about it anyway, it's just forum staff. The people at Runewaker have set their priorities elsewhere long ago. Most better experienced and versed players here know exactly what I mean.
And since they very likely show no more genuine interest in developing new content for the official version of the game, staff responsible for this communication at Gameforge should be honest and finally call it a day. Say that the game does not get new content anymore and that it's just receiving regular maintenance updates. Doing this would likely mean a loss of players but let's be realistic here: Those who haven't left yet will not leave after such a message either. That message would just be about honesty and admitting to the game's current state on the official side.
On top of that, they could even adjust their forum rules or EULA to allow for more open words among people here. Because a whole damn lot here, including staff, are aware of what's truly up. So just beating around the bush and phrasing around stuff like this is like calling a car from the 40s that has seen no maintenance in 40 years a repairable thing.